Unit-02 hooked its elbow around a Mass Production Unit-07's neck and hauled it backward. Mari seized the opportunity to leap onto the passage opposite her. [The Mass Production Unit-07 had broken the passage, leaving a wide gap in the middle.]
Asuka worked the control sticks with a fierce expression, pinning the Mass Production Unit-07 firmly beneath Unit-02's arm.
Finally, Unit-02 gripped the Giant Axe backhanded and swept it across the Mass Production Unit-07's head. The axe lodged in its neck, and Unit-02 braced a knee against it and drove it down.
Click-clang!
Just like that, Asuka killed the Mass Production Unit-07 without breaking a sweat.
Unit-02 brought its head up to the gap in the passage and said to Mari, "Let's split up. You can't fight while you're on my hand. I'll scout ahead. Meet me in the hangar."
Mari adjusted her glasses and smiled. "My first time being rescued by the princess. What a poor excuse for a knight I am."
With that, Mari ran ahead.
Piloting Special Unit X, Huang Zhetian brought the Sealing Pillars back to the Nevada branch.
After some adjustments, he doubled the area covered by the sealing perimeter around the branch.
He reported the situation to Kaji and the others aboard the Hope. "The Mass Production Unit-07s outside have been cleared out. We're going inside to inspect the branch. Come over in twenty minutes."
Kaji replied, "Understood. I'll mobilize everyone here. We'll be there in twenty minutes."
Huang Zhetian undid his transformation into Special Unit X and walked through the branch's collapsed entrance.
His eyes turned blue, allowing him to see everything inside the branch clearly, but he spotted one or two Mass Production Unit-07s still inside.
Huang Zhetian frowned and rushed over using his Lightness Skill.
Two red dots were approaching Unit-02, while